Of course all this assumes that ground 1 and ground 2 are
solidly stiched together with lots of low Z vias.

-Ray

>
> This sounds very much like two caps in series to me so the value would
actually
> go down by 1/2 assuming the er and h are the same for both caps. Somehow,
> though,
> this doesn't *feel* right to me. I think I am missing something here.
>
> ----->Chris
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > 2. If you have a power plane sandwiched between 2 ground planes, does the
> > parallel plate capacitance double for a given area?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Chris Hansen
> > Sr. Design Engineer
> > DPT & Adaptec Companies
> >
>
>

**** To unsubscribe from si-list or si-list-digest: send e-mail to majordomo@silab.eng.sun.com. In the BODY of message put: UNSUBSCRIBE si-list or UNSUBSCRIBE si-list-digest, for more help, put HELP.
si-list archives are accessible at http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu
****